League Leaders Daily Quiz

1946 MLB Extra-Base Hits by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Doubles plus triples plus home runs

The Boston Red Sox led all of MLB in extra-base hits in 1946, with 427, 25 ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. The average across 28 MLB teams is 231.5.

Led all of MLB in 1946 Boston Red Sox 156 games
427 Extra-Base Hits 25 clear of St. Louis Cardinals
# Team League G XBH
1 Boston Red Sox AL 156 427
2 St. Louis Cardinals NL 156 402
3 New York Yankees AL 154 394
4 Washington Senators AL 155 383
5 Cleveland Indians AL 156 368
6 Detroit Tigers AL 155 361
7 Brooklyn Dodgers NL 157 354
8 St. Louis Browns AL 156 350
9 New York Giants NL 154 334
10 Boston Braves NL 154 330
11 Chicago Cubs NL 155 329
11 Philadelphia Phillies NL 155 329
13 Pittsburgh Pirates NL 155 314
14 Philadelphia Athletics AL 155 311
15 Cincinnati Reds NL 156 304
16 Chicago White Sox AL 155 287
MLB average 231.5
17 Newark Eagles NN2 64 168
18 Homestead Grays NN2 58 139
19 Baltimore Elite Giants NN2 58 138
20 New York Cubans NN2 50 94
20 Philadelphia Stars NN2 56 94
22 Kansas City Monarchs NAL 67 75
23 New York Black Yankees NN2 46 54
24 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns NAL 69 41
24 Cleveland Buckeyes NAL 68 41
26 Chicago American Giants NAL 80 28
27 Memphis Red Sox NAL 76 20
28 Birmingham Black Barons NAL 66 14

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.